Note 10 — Chapter VIII · MODIFIED CIRCUMNUTATION: MOVEMENTS EXCITED BY LIGHT.
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‘Die Näturlichen Einrichtungen zum Schutze des Chlorophylls,’ etc., 1876. Pringsheim has recently observed under the microscope the destruction of chlorophyll in a few minutes by the action of concentrated light from the sun, in the presence of oxygen. See, also, Stahl on the protection of chlorophyll from intense light, in ‘Bot. Zeitung,’ 1880.